English > order Marsupialia: 1 sense > noun 1, animalMeaning | coextensive with the subclass Metatheria. |
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Synonym | Marsupialia |
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Member of | Metatheria, subclass Metatheria | pouched animals |
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Members | Caenolestidae, family Caenolestidae | small marsupials of southern South America |
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Dasyuridae, family Dasyuridae, family Dasyurinae | dasyures |
Didelphidae, family Didelphidae | opossums |
Macropodidae, family Macropodidae | kangaroos |
Notoryctidae, family Notoryctidae | pouched moles |
Peramelidae, family Peramelidae | bandicoots |
Phalangeridae, family Phalangeridae | phalangers |
Vombatidae, family Vombatidae | wombats |
marsupial, pouched mammal | mammals of which the females have a pouch (the marsupium) containing the teats where the young are fed and carried |
Broader | animal order | The order of animals |
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Spanish | marsupiales, Marsupialia, orden Marsupialia |
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Catalan | Marsupialia, marsupials, Metateri |
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